The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

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Cake day: January 15th, 2024
  • octopus_inktoMemes•Reminder—English
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    2 hours ago

    A tangentially related suggestion for you, if you share my fascination with the context around the art we make (though you are probably well aware if you’re an old-head haha), there’s an EXCELLENT documentary about the LA hc punk scene that was released during its zenith (arguably) in 1981.

    Absolutely was NOT aware, but I will check it out!

    he most convincing argument I can make to get people to watch it is that the LAPD chief wrote an op-ed demanding theaters not screen it.

    Well shiiiiit bro, that was all you had to say!

  • octopus_inktoMemes•Reminder—English
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    5 hours ago

    Thank you very much!

    other “classic punk” recommendations include:

    I’m really just about the ideal age to have been an OG Punk fan, but at the time my attention was elsewhere, so I’m excited to crib from this list. 🙂

  • octopus_inktoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Can we all agree on THISEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Just sharing my own experiences. Sorry they weren’t awful. Not with doctors and nurses anyway, even if I go beyond my PCP. (And I have spent A LOT of the past couple years in the hospital either for myself or family members.) Insurance on the other hand…

    OP was a question. My answer is no. I’m OK with someone else’s being different.

  • octopus_inktoMemes•Reminder—English
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    11 hours ago

    Yess, I’ve been trying to explore punk. Give me punk bands with lyrics I can understand, and who are vocally critical of conservatism and fascism please.

    For myself -

    • A lot of RATM has floated to the top for me in the past few years. They are in heavy rotation now, and weren’t really for about fifteen years prior to that. The songs you don’t immediately think of when I say RATM have lyrics that are just as true and just as biting. If you like their sound but aren’t familiar with most of their work, this is a good time.

    • Brother Ali - particularly songs like Uncle Sam Goddamn

    • Dropkick Murphys, particularly most of the Album “This Machine Still Kills Fascists”

    • Anti-Flag. I know they have proven to have done some shady things with regard to harassing some women at their shows, but I only just discovered them recently (and learned this about them afterwards.) Unfortunately I like their songs and lyrics. “Victory or Death” comes to mind immediately.

    • Public Enemy - By the time I get to arizona, Black steel in the hour of chaos, fight the power (obv), fight the power 2020, really I don’t think they do a song that’s not good for the current state of affairs. Over and over in recent years I have concluded that the hip hop community saw what was and what was coming long before (decades before) the rest of us. I wonder why. 🤔

    • Last couple Arrested Development albums. Good tracks off the top of my head “And This I know” “The Meek” “Amazing” “Fire” “Moses” Gotta listen to these, most aren’t going to leap out with the expected energy if you don’t pay attention to the lyrics all the way through. There are others. Their last three albums have a high percentage of gems IMO.

    • Really old one by B. Dolan called “Which side are you on?” (loosely based aoround Guthrie song) which is congruent with a lot of today’s issues, though I think it was written primarily in support of this woman. Gonna link it here because I just listened to it again and damn does it slap.

    A lot of what I listed above is unsurprisingly posted by me or others in !music@lemmy.world